Tag Archives: NHS

GUEST POST: Straight talking on NHS funding

Posted on 18. May, 2010 by neilcrump.

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We asked Jamie Holyer, MD of our public affairs partner Advocate, to assess the first few days of government and forecast what this means for medicine funding.  Here is what he had to say… 
After what has been one of the most interesting few weeks in Westminster that anyone can remember the stark reality of the restricted [...]

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A dog’s life for NHS funding

Posted on 13. May, 2010 by Claire.

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Our new Tory Liberal coalition Government has today announced their health policy, the focus of which is to maintain NHS spending with real term increases. The media reports that this will keep the budget in line with inflation at the current £100 billion annual spend.  So as anticipated, the NHS will no longer grow at [...]

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Give the NHS credit where it is due

Give the NHS credit where it is due

Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by Claire.

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As a huge fan of the NHS and all it stands for, I was delighted to see that the Financial Times last Friday acknowledged that the NHS in England has hit most of its waiting list targets for hospital treatment – targets which were thought to be extremely ambitious when first set by the Government [...]

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Better safe than sorry

Better safe than sorry

Posted on 20. Feb, 2009 by chiantichiara.

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I read an interesting letter in The Times about the negative consequences of the NHS Breast Screening Programme. To be honest, I was slightly taken aback by the title as I didn’t think there was anything downbeat that could be said of a service that saves 1,400 lives every year. However, according to a group [...]

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